Financial Control Manager – Fixed Term Contract, 6 months

Role Overview

• Assists the Director, Financial Control in managing overall responsibility for ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the Bank’s General Ledger ensuring delivery of its objectives.
• Responsible for a comprehensive set of controls designed to mitigate risk and ensure the integrity of IFRS reporting and any other internal financial reporting required.
• Includes preparation of financial accounts in accordance with IFRS and preparation of management information.
• Along with other members of the financial control team responsible for maintaining the accuracy, completeness and integrity of the general ledger and reporting systems.
• Set up of new accounts, deletion of dormant accounts and maintenance of GL mappings
• Assist with daily P&L and B/S checks
• Assisting the monthly general ledger close including posting manual entries for cost and overheads, lease accounting, suspending interest on non-performing loans, payroll journals, fixed assets booking etc
• Reviews P&L mapping to ensure correct segmentation of income
• Performs monthly reconciliations including on the Bank’s rep offices, supplier statements, FOBO recs
• Preparation of cost analysis and reconciliation of expenses
• Contribute to the preparation of the annual financial statements, including being responsible for the preparation of individual note disclosures
• Provide responses and data for external and internal audits
• Collates various control KPIs for the monthly dashboard
• Manages in the balance sheet substantiation rolling assurance review program. Including the responsibility for escalation and follow up of any issues identified
• Cover the day-to-day activities of the accounts payable function, including employee expense claims. Ensuring that suppliers are paid in accordance with agreed terms and conditions and the Bank’s policies.
• Reconciliation of management reporting to statutory GL ledger for costs
• Assist with development of reporting output and data extraction from the GL (T24/Insight) into the reporting model (Workday Adaptive Planning);
• Participate and contribute to ad-hoc projects as required.

Requirements

• Qualified Accountant with hands on post qualification experience
• Strong controls background with experience in either external or internal audit
• Advanced Excel skills
• Good data and numeracy skills with attention to detail with ability to maintain accuracy at all times
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work autonomously and take initiative in particular building / developing new processes and controls as the Bank’s systems or business change and evolve
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to ensure efficiency whilst balancing priorities

Benefits

• Hybrid Working: 3 days onsite, 2 from home